World Battlefronts: Their Islands

The finger of war pointed last week at the islands of the Mediterranean.

There are four Mediterranean islands which could be Maltas in reverse. If the Allies hope to follow the clearing of Tunisia with anything like immediate invasion of the European belly, some of the islands may have to be stormed before the battle of Tunisia ends. Invasion or no invasion, they must eventually be taken in order to win complete control in the western Mediterranean.

Lampedusa is eight square miles of rock, 80 miles east of Tunisia, 100 miles west of Malta. Most of it is rugged, but there is flat...